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DANIEL H. MURPHY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOGEORGE K. CLARK, OF MONTICELLO, FLORIDA.

CLOTHES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,995, dated December25, 1883.

Application filed February 19, 1883 (No model.) 7

. useful Improvements in Clothes-Lines, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where-Figure 1 is a side View of my device, sh0wing in dotted outline variousarticles suspended from the line. Fig. 2is a detail View of one of thespring-clips, on enlarged scale, showing in dotted lines its positionwhen sprung out and grasping an article. Fig. 8 is a detail View,

on enlarged scale, of an alternate form of my I5 device.

This invention relates specially to that class of lines made of wire forsuspending various articles for drying, exhibition, or any similarpurpose; and it consists in a series or succession of spring-clipsformed in the length of merchantable wire and integral with it, and withtwists of the same wire interposed between the clip and the main wire,the said clip holding up any article that may be thrust between itsjaws.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a line of wire,preferably spring-wire, of any suitable diameter, in the length of whichloops b are formed, secured at the point of departure from the main wireby twists. The main part of the loop is expanded, as at d, and its lowerpart contracted to the V-shaped figure e,the sides of the loop thusforming springs,

between which any article is held when once placed between there-entrant sides I) b in 5 such manner as to spring them out.

The clips are formed of the rounded wire, and their side jaws do notinjure the frailest article that may lie placed between them, as may bedone by thrusting an end or fold of the fabric through the enlarged partand then pressing it downward into the V.

The alternate form of loop and clip shown in Fig. 3 is especiallyserviceable when the line is intended to suspend heavy articles-asquilts and the like-as the weight of the article determines the amountor force of the grip upon it, the standing part f sliding freely throughthe small twist or loop cin the wireQ Any desired length of wire may beused and the clips formed at intervals, so that when the ends of thewire are fastened to proper supports the clips afford means of hangingany article to be exposed to air or view.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, aclothes-line made of wire, having clips with spring-jaws and twistsformed integral with the main wire, the twists placed between the clipsand the main line, all substantially as de- 6o scribed.

DANIEL H. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDETT, W. H. MARSH.

